Weather Records on 29 December 1960

404 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 29 December 1960. Highest significance: Simferopol, UA.

Key Facts for 29 December 1960

On 29 December 1960, 404 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
63 were record highs and 40 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 8 monthly and 396 daily.
Simferopol set a daily record precipitation of 31.5 mm (1.2 in) on 29 December 1960.
Across 161 earlier years (1799 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 483 records.

Record Map

404 stations

404 station records on 29 December 1960 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 29 December 1960: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Simferopol	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Bambaroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Kingsville	United States	Record daily precipitation	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Sebeni (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Port Lavaca 2	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jejuri	India	Record daily precipitation	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Ricardo	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cezu (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Alice	United States	Record daily precipitation	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Falfurrias	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Ingham Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Winburg (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Hlobane	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
San Sebastian - Igueldo	Spain	Record daily precipitation	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Melbourne Regional Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	19.7 C (67.5 F)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Warden (Mag)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Muenster	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Swan River	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Ngqeleni (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Koegasbrug	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Naretha	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Maneroo	Australia	Record daily precipitation	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Russell	Canada	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kareepoort	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	46.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Gingindlovu	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	138.5 mm (5.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wolfridge (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	96.6 mm (3.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Fairview	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Glen Alphen	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	72.0 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Arkansas City	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Lusikisiki (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	52.0 mm (2.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond-Natal (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nooitgedacht	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	104.0 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Sarita 7 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Kalkfontein	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Belvidere	United States	Record snow depth	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Wilo (Bos)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	55.2 mm (2.2 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bethlehem Lehigh UNIV	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Kranshoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.5 mm (1.2 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Salekhard	Russia	Record high minimum temperature	-5.5 C (22.1 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Mazelspoort Dam	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	36.0 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Wittebank	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Vlakkloof Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	84.5 mm (3.3 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Rosedale	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Byfield Childs Road	Australia	Record daily precipitation	86.1 mm (3.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cape Hermes	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	56.0 mm (2.2 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Baynesfield Estate	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	35.8 mm (1.4 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Henichesk	Ukraine	Record high minimum temperature	5.3 C (41.5 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Grafton	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-30.6 C (-23.1 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Millport 4 NE	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Cardwell Marine Pde	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.5 mm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Waaihoek	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	60.7 mm (2.4 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Long Pocket	Australia	Record daily precipitation	133.9 mm (5.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Likatlong	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
North End	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	29.6 mm (1.2 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Scott	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Elliotdale (Tnk)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	42.0 mm (1.7 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Cleveland	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Fredericksburg	United States	Record low maximum temperature	5.6 C (42.1 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.1 mm (1.6 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Maytown	Australia	Record daily precipitation	76.7 mm (3.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

404 records

Records set or tied on 29 December 1960 by type: Highest daily maximum 25, Lowest daily maximum 26, Highest daily minimum 38, Lowest daily minimum 14, Heaviest daily rainfall 247, Heaviest daily snowfall 31, Deepest snow cover 23.

Records on 29 December 1960 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	25
Lowest daily maximum	26
Highest daily minimum	38
Lowest daily minimum	14
Heaviest daily rainfall	247
Heaviest daily snowfall	31
Deepest snow cover	23

Records on 29 December 1960 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 8, daily 396.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

346 broken records

Margins by which the 346 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 203.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

29 December 1960

Top 20 records on 29 December 1960 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
29 December 1960	Simferopol, UA	daily rain	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	18.0 mm (0.7 in)	41 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Bambaroo, AU	daily rain	127.3 mm (5.0 in)	83.1 mm (3.3 in)	39 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Kingsville, US	monthly rain	104.9 mm (4.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	45 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Sebeni (Bos), ZA	daily rain	70.0 mm (2.8 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	31 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Port Lavaca 2, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Jejuri, IN	daily rain	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	37.0 mm (1.5 in)	58 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Ricardo, US	daily rain	84.6 mm (3.3 in)	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	8 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Cezu (Bos), ZA	daily rain	62.0 mm (2.4 in)	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	33 years	45 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Alice, US	daily rain	55.9 mm (2.2 in)	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Falfurrias, US	daily rain	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	31.5 mm (1.2 in)	23 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Ingham Post Office, AU	daily rain	157.5 mm (6.2 in)	103.4 mm (4.1 in)	1 year	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Winburg (Pol), ZA	daily rain	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	27.7 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Hlobane, ZA	daily rain	88.0 mm (3.5 in)	40.5 mm (1.6 in)	22 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	San Sebastian - Igueldo, ES	monthly rain	113.4 mm (4.5 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	2 years	42 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Melbourne Regional Office, AU	daily high min	19.7 C (67.5 F)	0.3 C (0.5 F)	104 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Warden (Mag), ZA	daily rain	58.5 mm (2.3 in)	37.2 mm (1.5 in)	17 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Muenster, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	42 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Swan River, CA	daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	50 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Ngqeleni (Tnk), ZA	daily rain	57.5 mm (2.3 in)	29.1 mm (1.1 in)	31 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
29 December 1960	Koegasbrug, ZA	daily rain	25.0 mm (1.0 in)	18.4 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	40 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1799 to 1960

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1799 to 1960. 1960 had 404 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-29 in each year
Year	Records
1799	1
1810	1
1824	1
1829	1
1839	2
1853	2
1864	1
1865	1
1866	1
1867	1
1868	2
1870	1
1871	1
1872	2
1873	1
1874	2
1876	2
1877	2
1878	1
1880	6
1881	4
1882	2
1884	1
1885	1
1886	1
1887	3
1889	2
1890	7
1891	3
1893	2
1894	3
1895	1
1896	1
1897	8
1898	7
1899	4
1900	1
1901	18
1902	8
1903	10
1904	16
1905	19
1906	14
1907	10
1908	21
1909	18
1910	7
1911	6
1912	52
1913	12
1914	46
1915	47
1916	69
1917	145
1918	33
1919	157
1920	68
1921	60
1922	42
1923	126
1924	119
1925	209
1926	117
1927	350
1928	93
1929	262
1930	96
1931	363
1932	192
1933	479
1934	406
1935	392
1936	552
1937	280
1938	178
1939	272
1940	648
1941	110
1942	458
1943	232
1944	226
1945	497
1946	1,122
1947	310
1948	711
1949	217
1950	286
1951	571
1952	156
1953	205
1954	955
1955	373
1956	563
1957	527
1958	442
1959	251
1960	404
1961	525
1962	754
1963	285
1964	533
1965	634
1966	719
1967	867
1968	1,028
1969	964
1970	694
1971	660
1972	1,001
1973	674
1974	719
1975	646
1976	748
1977	656
1978	1,349
1979	830
1980	959
1981	713
1982	1,565
1983	2,576
1984	2,687
1985	551
1986	752
1987	1,484
1988	1,082
1989	633
1990	1,861
1991	630
1992	1,099
1993	905
1994	965
1995	1,202
1996	2,213
1997	1,114
1998	783
1999	1,207
2000	1,677
2001	599
2002	959
2003	951
2004	909
2005	858
2006	1,219
2007	1,046
2008	753
2009	1,027
2010	1,308
2011	748
2012	805
2013	714
2014	506
2015	1,440
2016	620
2017	1,559
2018	440
2019	1,471
2020	504
2021	1,098
2022	516
2023	900
2024	931
2025	637

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	329
50 to 100	14
100 to 150	2
150 to 200	0
200 to 250	1